Why Americans Are Leaving Portugal

Thousands of Americans moved to Portugal in the last three years, lured by the coastal nation’s cheap real estate, tax advantages, and relaxed lifestyle. But now, the honeymoon period is over. Bloomberg's Alice Kantor explains more.
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[@farshimelt]

If enough foreigners leave, the rents will drop and the rest of us who want to live in Portugal will move there, then the cycle will begin again.

[@Sebastiancr100]

Yeah sure. You comparing the money of savings from a person from the US to a person from a third world country. Not a clever statement.

[@Overwatcher212]

USA has the lowest expat population in Portugal ….. how they command so much power 🤔

[@bernardofabrica]

@@Overwatcher212 the are called immigrants

[@OOOO0OOOO0001___]

@@Sebastiancr100 Not clever at all, they should know that America is a developed nation since they always call us retarded

[@mwillye]

@@Overwatcher212 they have higher salaries than the locals.

[@realhawaii5o]

Finally!!! I might return to Portugal if the foreigners go back. And also... Problem with doctors in Portugal? Lady, you're from the US where doctors will charge you the price of a new house for some surgery.

[@Abstract.Noir414]

So you're a foreigner crying about foreigners

[@pixiet7321]

I can't take her seriously as she looks like a Karen, that probably left because she wasn't catered to.

[@gl2023_]

Go back to Portugal and leave the country piece of shit! You complain about the foreigners but you are one of them. Go back to Poortugal. Little shit.

[@djamilawilschke7259]

double standards much?!?!?! so finally you “moving back” means you make place for those to return home in whatever you have emigrated to right now - what an f*** up statement from someone just doing the exact same thing to another country, taking away a job from another country’s citizen - don’t expect from others what you’re clearly doing yourself

[@LisboaCigar]

If you can’t afford a doctors visit you can’t afford a home in portugal😂

[@emmahardwick4701]

wow people are shocked over rising house prices when it's the exact same people like them who caused the increase in price? not to mention making Lisbon practically unlivable for the locals

[@ingbor4768]

You have plenty of space to live in Portugal, why are you complain because you can't live in Lisbon? Living in Lisbon is not a sacred right. Not even for us Portuguese.

[@emmahardwick4701]

@@ingbor4768 I think you fail to realize that that's where the jobs are. You can't expect the younger generation who all need their jobs in Lisbon to just not live in Lisbon or the nearby areas

[@slendii366]

@@ingbor4768anyone should have the right to live where they want to.

[@izibear4462]

A culpa disto tudo pode-se pôr aos pés do povo Português, pois, não são eles que votaram em governo após governo que os prejudica? Não foi o governo que lançou a 'Golden Visa'? O problema é que em Portugal há mais lingua que acção.

[@Joa-y4y]

As of late Portugal has become too expensive to live in, plus new laws regarding taxes will get deep into retirees and peoples pockets, crazy taxes, rents are threw the roof, real estate getting sky high, how the heck are the locals dealing with this high cost of living now, because high cost locals seem getting fed up with foreigners living there now, truly crazy!! i remember the old Portugal!!

[@Mudi106]

It's kinda interesting to hear that Americans complained about Portugal's public transit... Public transit is almos inexistent in the US outside the biggest cities, and even then it's not good..

[@Diontb]

driveable cities and traffic. US cities are much more driveable than most of europe and have less traffic that most of europe (Bar LA And NYC although statistics show theyre still not the worst compared to europe) thats why public transport is a concern to many expats and the reason why its a common complaint.

[@StarkComet]

​@@Diontbyeah and portugals roads are like driving in a one lane road even though its actually two

[@mrgreen1198]

Americans love to go offshore and complain about everything. It's the "we are number one" attitude that makes them so unpopular. They grew up being told they were the shit. Well, many of them are actually shit

[@Pacheco1789]

Yeah! The north American sacred right to drive a massive SUV in european cities ​is threatened😢 @@Diontb

[@luciferjohnson8495]

Don't you see the size difference between Portugal and USA?

[@gundisaluusmenendiz]

What's with the term "Expats"? you mean "Immigrants", why is anyone who migrates to the UK or US they're called "Immigrants" but if any US or UK citizens move to another country, why are they called "Expats"???

[@workinonit7508]

I think it's typically people who come from Advanced countries and move to developing nations call themselves expats

[@MrVarsityphysics]

Because that’s how you refer to a fellow countryman that ha left the homeland. Anymore manufactured outrage you want to air out?

[@guybrushthreepwood7612]

@@MrVarsityphysicsHe got a point…it’s the same here. White foreigners living here are called expats while e.g. people from Africa called immigrants.

[@remmie99]

the difference: one is working and paying taxes, the other is just benefitting from welfare.

[@moneypro85]

Racism is the reason. See above

[@billify23455]

I'm a retired USA citizen of Portuguese descent that moved to Portugal 2 years ago. The Golden Visa program was designed to pump more money into the Portuguese economy but greedy real estate investors (largely from the US) only drove prices so high, the government ended the program. To be fair, Portugal also made a crapload of money. They have also stopped issuing permits for temporary rentals, (AIR BnB's) in Lisbon and Porto, in an attempt to get prices down for the Portuguese citizens.

[@kittykatz4001]

I’m glad Portugal 🇵🇹 is taking measures to get prices down for its citizens! I’m getting closer to retirement and would like to live abroad, at least part time, but I don’t want to make life harder for local ppl. I’m not rich or wealthy though.

[@Trust_but_Verify]

@@kittykatz4001 Look into South East Asian countries that can live on $1,500 USD a month.

[@kittykatz4001]

@@Trust_but_Verify I’ll look into it. I guess I’m more fearful of Asian anti Blk news and racism than of wppl of European heritage both in the 🇺🇸 and on the continent of Europe!

[@Overwatcher212]

Funny Americans are lowest population in Portugal -

[@terriblepainter7675]

Population of Americans in Portugal doesn’t even scratch surface. Foreigners speak English doesn’t mean they are American. I think Portuguese dislike “American “ because they don’t like USA politically. USA is a hegemony trying to control countries worldwide and has history bad actions in other countries. Just look at Ukraine what they are doing to this country. Using it for endless war with R, when Ukraine has already lost it. Now they are recruiting women…. It is sick. Watch out that you vote for politicians who have Portuguese interests at heart, not the ones who are US puppets. Keep identity of Portugal, don’t become USA colony…

[@PedroCoelhoPessoal]

What surprises me the most are US citizens going live in Portugal hopping to have free healthcare for their long term illness and complain if they don't get it as they wished

[@jgnogueira]

Sem falar da resistência deles em falar português, querem para o mundo todo ser fluente em inglês, quando eles vem para meu pais, eles são tratados que nem deuses e tratam os locais e seus costumes que nem porcaria, saudações do Brasil, tudo bem esperar uma certa fluência da língua em determinados setores da indústria, o foda é eles esperarem que o Enzo (nosso equivalente dos boomers no br) da empresa fale.

[@jzheng4703]

Not really. From what I know, most of they carry private health insurance because the public health system is very slow.

[@jzheng4703]

@@jgnogueira I don't agree with your statements. Please get your facts right.

[@rwmorey71]

The government ended the golden visa so yeah, duh, of course there's less interest in it. But they failed to mention there are other visas available, aside from a dopey digital nomad visa. The visa that by far most people who aren't euro citizens, enter Portugal with, is the D7, which allows virtually anyone to migrate there. The golden visa is for people who invest half a million and up, which is obviously not most people. It's like the reporter spoke to one person, and decided to publish something without any research and then make it sound like without the golden visa, there's no way to move to Portugal.

[@joseribeiro4943]

Journalism is all about clickbait nowadays... Portugal was like the 7th wonder of the world a year ago and now is hell on earth..... what an incredible story, click to find more. It's just not. it's the same country same people same good and bad perspectives..

[@Sebastiancr100]

You comparing a person who invested more than 500.000 euros to a person with a decent salary coming from the Internet? Really?

[@O1012-u7q]

Reporters do that on every topic, you only notice it when it’s a topic you know something about. The tendency to forget this and go on believing the news even has a name: it’s called the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect.

[@HelderP1337]

​@@O1012-u7qexactly

[@mrgreen1198]

Idiot digital nomad content. Shit journalism. Par for the course. You/re bang on

[@philipponte5643]

The real problem probably is Americans don’t speak Portuguese and expect everyone to speak English, not knowing the countries history and not respecting the culture. I’m probably also a little wrong, but I betcha I’m 💯 right!lol I’m Portuguese American. When my parents immigrated here in the 60’s they knew some US history, they respected the culture and they blended in the best they could. They also worked their ass off learning English. If you’re not coming to Portugal with the same mindset, don’t even bother thinking about going there. Stay in America

[@guilhermelargueza1685]

Totally agree

[@FSilva-iq8kq]

If Americans leave Portugal only for golden visa, thank god, because they were not able to understand the value that Portugal can give them. Portugal don't need to adapt to the American mentality, Americans need to adapt to Portugal soul, if they can't, they should leave. Not because I am anti imigrants, just because you should only leave where you feel happy.

[@jzheng4703]

What a joke. There are less than 10,000 Americans in Portugal. You think these people have caused all the problems in Portugal?

[@bernardofabrica]

Please go, and the leave the keys behind. We always prefered the immigrants that aren't afraid to be called such.

[@TheAlphaWaves]

Amen!

[@siantopablo9149]

Such mean what (RASCIAL NAMES)

[@Lusandro]

Americans also moved there thinking Portugal=Spain. Portuguese culture and history are non-existent in US schools, but Spanish and Mexican culture are widely relied upon to explain how Europe got to the Americas. Americans conflate Mexican and Spanish culture together. Therefore, Americans assure themselves that they are experts on all things Spanish and Mexican and they expect to find chips and salsa, quesadillas, and margaritas in abundance when they move to Portugal. It must be a huge let down to find out that speaking Spanish to the Portuguese is actually offensive.

[@jzheng4703]

Your comments are a typical example of generalizations.

[@Lusandro]

@@jzheng4703 You’re right. I guess what I wanted to communicate is that for many Americans, Mexico came from Spain and Portugal came from Spain.

[@brunovaz]

I talked to some Americans that chose to move to Portugal. Ask them their motives: it's never about Portugal or any appreciation for the Portuguese or Portuguese culture. They don't give a fuck

[@Pacheco1789]

​@@Lusandrodid you mean North American....

[@guilhermelargueza1685]

@@jzheng4703this is a reality, I hear a lot of Americans thinking that Portugal is part of Mexico and Spain …

[@melomedicvids]

im sorry but limited public transit ? compared to what ? The united states?

[@binalcensored2104]

Since times before the Celts that people from allover Europe came to live in Portugal, like the Romans, Germanics peoples from all over Germany, people from England, Italy, France, even Arabs lived from some time. The Portuguese never stress with the arrival of foreigners, in the end the bad ones always go and just the good ones stay!

[@peristicas3119]

Romans came to portugal, that place already called portugal, to live here... it has been one of top tourist destinations since then. Next you'll probably say portuguese are very welcoming... bro, have you travelled?!?!

[@binalcensored2104]

@@peristicas3119 Jew, go learn history and where in Europe one can find vestiges of all ages of Homo Sapiens, in fact from Neanderthal. They didnt come for tourism, but because Iberia was the richest and most abundant region of Europe!

[@marcuspedrosa9742]

Belo Horizonte in the state of Minas Gerais has the best doctors for eye surgery. I even heard complaints about doctors in Portugal not paying due attention to patients' problems.

[@wantokamerica4105]

The poor lady with eye issues surprises me. I wonder where she went. I also have a rare eye condition, keratoconus. I had good care in the USA, but even better in Portugal. If you have a difficult condition in any country, you should live close to a university hospital with a good reputation for research. Like I did with Coimbra. Housing is expensive in Lisbon or Porto. But in many other areas reasonable. And public transportation issues?!? Again, where did she live? I’ve never been in a place with such cheap and accessible trains and buses. I can get from Coimbra to Porto for less than €10. Where could I do that in the USA? Yes, people coming from overseas no longer get a ten-year tax holiday. Foreigners moving to the USA also don’t.

[@doutormulta7604]

yeah, Coimbra has 2 of the most renowed eye doctors wolrdwide!....kkkkk

[@you-to-beornot-to-be9629]

Just come over to vacation, spend lots and lots of money, have lots of fun and go back to the US..... and if you choose to, come back often and fun all over again...... To each its own..... like it or leave it.....

[@DTM45]

My high school girlfriend had Portuguese heritage. A beautiful girl, beyond words beautiful.

[@cristinaguine5235]

Portugal is getting INSANE!!! VERY EXPENSIVE, too much bureaucracy and dirt everywhere!

[@jondeanpt]

Only Americans couldn’t live in Portugal because it requires a little patience. Lol

[@siantopablo9149]

That's when your wrong, because in reality there isn't anything to wait for 😂😂

[@siantopablo9149]

In the first place

[@riverbear5779]

​@@siantopablo9149ueeeee cry me a river

[@siantopablo9149]

@@riverbear5779 what language you speaking ?

[@riverbear5779]

@@siantopablo9149 mimimi language. The language of those who shed a million tears

[@leolourenco5815]

Any investment you make in Portugal today is guaranteed to grow, question is , how fast do you want your return? I believe Portugal Is already a very promising place to invest. Don’t forget, Portugal ranks as one of the most peaceful countries in the world, that alone is enough to get your attention.

[@Frpar123]

What the f**k do you want? what are you selling?

[@FitzroySymisterArt]

Everything is looking for opportunities even the criminals 😮

[@Joa-y4y]

As of late Portugal has become too expensive to live in, plus new laws regarding taxes will get deep into retirees and peoples pockets, crazy taxes, rents are threw the roof, real estate getting sky high, how the heck are the locals dealing with this high cost of living now, because high cost locals seem getting fed up with foreigners living there now, truly crazy!! i remember the old Portugal!!

[@leolourenco5815]

Portugal is not the best place to attracted criminals…Portugal has the highest inmates per capita in Europe, this fact alone helps explain why Portugal ranks high in world peace index. Having said all that, I would not be surprised if some thug tries to get in the country but they will soon get caught. Authorities there have become very sophisticated in catching crime.

[@leolourenco5815]

So do I, I was born and raised there. Try to stay away from the condensed areas.

[@thomask.8537]

I am an American who has lived in several countries, two in South America, two in Western Europe. Obviously to adjust to a new environment requires flexibility and the willingness to LEARN. Most Americans are not culturally equipped for this kind of transition...unless they are among the few capable of doing so, they should just STAY AT HOME.

[@cpdrey5985]

I'm a New Yorker and I love Portugal ❤ I've been there last year (2023) and promised to myself that I will go back and I will this summer (2024). If people wants to immigrate to another cointry they should be willing to adapt to the country's culture and tradition not the other way around. Because if a person is not willing to do that, there is no sense to leave your home country. I love the people & culture in Portugal 🇵🇹

[@TagusMan]

Good. Americans move to Portugal 🇵🇹 because it's cheap and then cry whem the very axt of moving there makes everything more expensive. And they're bringing American wokeism with them which they'll leave behind to destroy the unique balance of social liberalism and conservative traditionalism that makes modern Portuguese 🇵🇹 culture so attractive.

[@mcbatetens]

Portugal is attractive to pigeons maybe 😂😂😂😂

[@JS-jh4cy]

Pay a little bit more taxes and get another bottle and get pissed on wine

[@DCD762]

Besides citizens of 4rth world countries, who the heck would want to live here? We are Portuguese and we are leaving Portugal is great for vacation, thats it

[@u235u235u235]

what about summers in the Algarve?

[@michaelclensbury9068]

Portugal didnt end the Golden Visa program if you really did your research instead of looking at Facebook post, Bloomberg.

[@josephrego2527]

Portugal is a small but beautiful country with a small economy and population. It is impossible for Portugal to accommodate the number of people who would like to reside there. Foreigners with money as well as the will and ingenuity to invest and expand the country's industrial base are always welcome. This would keep the country's brightest and best educated living in Portugal contributing to its wealth and economic growth. Portugal cannot afford to continue the bleeding, or the leaving of its best educated youth to other European countries. This is the biggest drain on the Portuguese economy keeping it endlessly stifled. Iti's Portugal's greatest national problem and the country has yet to find the will to resolve it. As for others they are welcome to visit, enjoy the country's beauty and culture, then graciously return to their home countries.

[@bharatkewalramani5280]

Yes please keep this up! We need them to go!

[@Overwatcher212]

The truth is Portugal is still living in the 1960s it’s very slow really and not organized. Most people would rather relax then hussle which is OK. Still a beautiful country but maybe the next 10 to 15 years with a new generation it will catch up.

[@Sebastiancr100]

To what? To the “American dream” ? Nah, they are clever about life than your expectations.

[@Overwatcher212]

@@Sebastiancr100 to doesn’t have to be a american dream that country is finished - it need to get out of poverty - its not even a true 2nd world country …… it saving grace is the foreigners visiting to see it beauty trust me the Portuguese are definitely are not doing it for themselves. Plus the corruption is heavy in Portugal - tell me am lying

[@pastasolinc8411]

Agreed.. But the next 10-15 years is not looking good is it. They have one of the lowest birth rates in Europe. And the general view is that the qualified people leave Portugal to middle-east or other richer European nations.

[@pedrolopes3542]

To the middle east??? Are you sure about that? to the rest of Europe, yes, but not to the middle east. And migration out of Portugal used to be much higher than what it is right now. Portugal is now a net recipient of migrants, so, there must to be something apealing for some people to move there.

[@pastasolinc8411]

@@pedrolopes3542 Ok a neighbor in Portugal that works for a college mentioned that many qualified grads get offer from middle east for doctors and nurses and they end up leaving because the salary is very high compared to in Portugal. I also heard that Portugal got doctors from Cuba because they have a shortage. Migration into Portugal is happening but who is coming? People that are retired or retiring or want a quiet and calm life. Who is going to do the work. Money in is good but who will provide services at Portuguese wages with the housing cost rising

...And don't let the door hit you on the way out.

[@pedrocabral4498]

Intressante os comentários. Cada vez vejo mais famílias americanas em Portugal

[@gracasilver8574]

PORTUGAL NÃO É PARA OS FRACOS !...

[@jocaomelhor]

disse ele da Suica

[@joe4me]

@@jocaomelhor certo ele na Suiça então.

[@chupa-mos338]

só os otários é que ficam.

[@LUCAS_LIMA_____007]

Por isso o país está em colapso econômico todos portugueses são fracos então?

[@gracasilver8574]

@@LUCAS_LIMA_____007 NÃO , VOCÊ NÃO ENTENDEU . EU DISSE PRECISAMENTE O CONTRÁRIO , AS PESSOAS QUE VIVEM EM PORTUGAL SÃO FORTES !... E COLAPSO ??!!! 😳 😳 QUAL COLAPSO ??!!!... NÃO VEJO COLAPSO ABSOLUTAMENTE NENHUM !!!... É CADA PARVOÍCE !!... 😏

[@ravenclaw783]

Although, we appreciate foreign investors, people need to realize that we are a very small country of just 10 million citizens. We don't have the sort of infrastructure and available housing to sustain the doubling of our population. Some expats come to Portugal to take advantage of our poverty in hopes that they can live like kings at the expense of Portuguese low-wages. We are not a developing country. We struggle to provide economic opportunities for our own citizens to sustain future prosperity and the sort of foreign investment we desire is the sort of investment that works for everyone, not just those trying to get the better end of the deal. Americans tend to have a justified sense of exploitation so when they come to Portugal to live here, they become disappointed when the whole country doesn't bow down to their every needs. Sorry we are not Mexico and money isn't always the loudest voice here.

[@Pacheco1789]

1:41 transporte público limitado em Portugal comparado com qual país? Improvável que tenha algum país na América com sistema de transporte público melhor

[@thefatbaker]

133 seconds I will never get back, wasted watching this video

[@PeeGeeThirteen]

You btoke it. Too msny of you bought property in Portugal and caused real estate prices to spike too far above what the locals can afford. Don't come back

[@inigoacha1166]

PI RA TAS.

[@jzheng4703]

Get your facts right before you blamed American for the problems in Portal!

[@teddydavis2339]

They are watching too many KZbinrs. The US is big and it has so much diversity in culture and landscape. I love the US and would not change for anything. It's not perfect , but no place is. Honestly, I feel sorry for the African Americans who are moving the to "escape" racism. It's there as well. You can't even see a black person working in a bank there. Opportunities are very limited.

[@you-to-beornot-to-be9629]

You can't even see a black person working in a bank there????????????????? are you kidding???? what is that spose to mean???

[@easternzone7869]

Ok, here we go….. same old song and dance. Theo, did you ever think for just a millisecond that you didn’t visit all the banks in Portugal? Also, when you mention racism in the US are you referring to black persons that only see the world in black and white?

[@Abstract.Noir414]

Black people work in many industries including banks in the U.S we own business, homes like any other white person however racism is still prevelant

[@Abstract.Noir414]

@@easternzone7869 Only see the world in black and white? What are you talking about?

[@AZ-rg3rf]

Can't tell if this guy is simply a troll or plain delusional

[@remmie99]

portugal doctor did take it seriously, he just didnt see you as a commercial activity to get financially better from you. european healthcare is not same as the one in usa.

[@rulas1000]

MEXICO BY FAR IS THE MOST IDEAL OPTION, EXCELLENT AND AFFORDABLE MEDICAL CARE, GREAT WEATHER, DELICIOUS FOOD, VERY AFORDABLE, AMAZING BEACHES, FRIENDLY PEOPLE, ONLY FEW HRS. FROM USA AND HUGE EXPAT COMMUNITIES.

[@farshimelt]

Huge Expat Communities puts me off.

[@lyleelkins5526]

Portugal, fourth safest country in the world. Mexico, not even close to being as safe.

[@gracasilver8574]

@@lyleelkins5526 Sim e em questões de segurança o México ainda é pior que os USA ... No Índice Global da Paz de 2022 , o México estava colocado na posição 137 e os USA estava na posição 129 !... Já Portugal em 2022 , é considerado o 6.o país mais pacífico do Mundo !...

[@rudiruttger]

I am amused

[@Arginne]

Love mexico but its not safe and lacks public transport as far as Im aware

[@StrongKickMan]

With the golden visa they bought all the living space and raised the prices like crazy....

[@u235u235u235]

I like higher prices. who wants to live with "affordable" people? if you've lived in nice neighborhoods you'd understand the value of pricing certain people out.

[@StrongKickMan]

Clow

[@imirim]

Two minutes is not enough on this topic. It's an over generalization to say Americans are souring on Portugal.

[@jzheng4703]

Exactly! There are less than 10,000 American living in Portugal and how they have caused all the problems in Portugal? Give me a break!

[@victordasilva5255]

Best news ive heard in a while

[@johnathandemarest2688]

To be fair to commentors composing about housing costs, open borders are reason our cost of housing is so high. Don't be a hypocrite.

[@marcuspedrosa9742]

Brazil is much better for medical treatments. Brazil has its problems, but believe me, it's much better.

[@u235u235u235]

lol OK dude. Brazil is mostly trash for many reasons and Portugal is a much better option. I can make my own caipirinha without going to Brazil.

[@paulosilva8200]

Portugal in a nutshell. Corruption at is best

[@imranaslam4482]

Well as a Pakistani I have a question, I am 40 years old. Today I have a choice to go to USA (process will take less then an year, H1B, will cost me around $8000 for processing) I am working in Portugal since 1 month in Telecom sector, on Tech Visa, 2000 euro plus salary. What advise will you give me, stay here or move to USA. Kindly support to make a choice for me and my family (Me, wife, mother, two little daughters). Thank you in advance.

[@joe4me]

How in the world can someone give you such a big advice on a YT comment reply? First, you would need 3x your Portuguese salary to live well in the US. And it would much depend on where you would live. If I were you I would get a remote job and go back to Pakistan. To a calm place. It is your country and with a remote job you would live extremely well.

[@miltonlivramento4810]

There is lots of Pakistani in Ealing west London or Manchester

[@Joa-y4y]

As of late Portugal has become too expensive to live in, plus new laws regarding taxes will get deep into retirees and peoples pockets, crazy taxes, rents are threw the roof, real estate getting sky high, how the heck are the locals dealing with this high cost of living now, because high cost locals seem getting fed up with foreigners living there now, truly crazy!! i remember the old Portugal!!

[@oatjuice5921]

oh no, what will we do without americans nvm

[@jfr543]

Do a favor to everyone : don't leave the US

[@kafficecco]

creo que es mejor ganar que retirarse antes de perderlo todo...

[@mundoworld9878]

ITS NOT TRUE ! ARE A LOT OF AMERICANS COMING HERE. SOME PEOPLE DONT ADAPT BUT ITS NORMAL.

[@Fegga1955]

Wow very interesting

[@inigoacha1166]

U can always stay on Gibraltar, is invaded and it funtions as a tax heaven and a cleaning boat station. Safe trip going back to the land of the Free and good riddance with your eyes problem ! Be sure that they dont suggest you to take Bicodine or Oxicodone after the surgery ! Njoy your "culture" and your Universal healthcare ! Buena Suerte !

[@gl2023_]

Because Portugal is a small country and very poor. Doesn’t have anything to do, and have more and better options. The food and the weather is good compare to north countries but have spain and italy, that the culture, the food, and the people is so much better.

[@LFMC1]

"See you later alligator!!"

[@escorel89]

thank god!

[@fabricio4794]

The best Place to Americans is Spain,on Spain your people will be respected.

[@guybrushthreepwood7612]

They drove up the property prices and Portuguese people out of their houses….No sympathy here..

[@mountainbikemayhem1833]

This 2 minute video is just trash…you have literally just sold a narrative that you want to sell. The golden visa isn’t dead, they just ended it in areas that ‘filled up’, it’s still available in outer regions. And BTW, Americans make up like 8-10% of those, Chinese GV is around 40%. Please tell me how foreigners are driving up real estate prices…when you clearly skipped over the global inflation and global real estate prices. If a local Portuguese person owns a house in (for example) Lisbon, they MAKE A CHOICE to sell it to foreigners. Why? To make more money off of it. They could sell only to locals, but they want the highest price most money. Not exactly the foreigners fault. And so what if some people can’t make it work out, maybe they should have done more research before making the jump. I spent 5 YEARS researching and visiting before moving here. If you’re an immigrant, it ain’t always smooth sailing. Yes there’s red tape, yes there’s some issues with healthcare, and yes there’s big cultural differences. If you’re American and expect it to be like America except cheaper, do yourself a favor and stay where you are. Trust me.

[@ingbor4768]

Living in Lisbon is not a sacred right. It is how it is and it has been always like that. Living in Lisbon was always for the rich since at least the XV Century. Of course the houses are very expensive in Lisbon but look for the place. One of the best of World. Nice weather, nice health services, safe place, good people, etc. It is like living in one "living museum". Real estate prices are too expensive now in Portugal but think twice: Lisbon is now the "head capital" of the World. The heart of the Western Civilised World. And that became too pricey and expensive. Lisbon is for the rich of our World. I would like to drive one Bentley but I lack money for it. Then it is the same as living in Lisbon. I would like to live in Lisbon but I only have one house in Porto.

[@gracasilver8574]

Que disparate !... Eu vivo em Lisboa e não sou rica .

[@Sebastiancr100]

@@gracasilver8574Pero sigue teniendo un punto valido. Por algo es mas caro y casi estupido vivir en Lisboa, habiendo otras ciudades con igual calidad de vida.

[@alitoch4876]

I think you drank the koolaid a little too hard. Lisbon doesn't even begin to compare to the main cities of it's neighbour to the East (Barcelona, Madrid), let alone the other, even more developed neighbours (Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam).... Put all that pride into working to make your country a little more developed rather than on those boastful declarations.

[@mmmnahfam]

It's very nice that you like your capital and country etc, but you should also see the reality. Compared to the rest of Europe (and especially your close neighbors) Portugal is extremely underdeveloped in every way.

[@jfr543]

So much nonsense in a comment

[@MrTerraqueo]

Sérgio Tavares preso no brasil

[@user-wt3bk9nl5x]

555.000? X 4 maybe. It's been a pilleage.

[@yodaz101]

Stay home and fix your own cities...

[@djamilawilschke7259]

the world is free - people don’t stay home because you just say so :D :D :D

[@jfr543]

The world is free? Try going to Afghanistan

[@yodaz101]

I have been to both Afghanistan and Iraq several times and I have been to all 54 African countries and all the countries of mid east and Russia also all the countries if Europe and America's. I am a retired commando.

[@yodaz101]

I have been to both Afghanistan and Iraq several times and I have been to all 54 African countries and all the countries of mid east and Russia also all the countries if Europe and America's. I am a retired commando.

[@jfr543]

@01 Try to behave like a westerner in Afghanistan. Or in Saudi Arabia. Americam behavior in portugal is annoying. Make a small effort to adapt to the place where you're going to and you will always be welcome. You can start by learning the language before buying homes there, for instance.

[@JoaoMartins-v9r]

Very good bom voiage poucos furos na carriagem😊

[@SiRcErOn_YuLmEr]

Americans can stay, but Californians...lol I'm just joking.

[@joaopontes1760]

Thank God

[@doutormulta7604]

Americans dont love Portugal.....Americans love Portugal cheap prices....

[@XDeathHackX]

Figured this would happen

[@cultugarvealgarve7380]

Except the financial aspects, the Portugal (mono culture?) isn t compatible, with the higher educated North American and North European countries, as well France. Italy is mucht better, if you go from Faro to Huelva in Spain, your backin ,,normal,, Europe. The best younger Portuguese already left or are leaving, to those northen countries. The expats and foreign residents don t mix up with for all kind of issues and reasons..Even if you speak fluently portuguese. It s very superficial, empty.futil. not open minded at all, mostly older people to find, that s why you can enter the country so easy. Portuguese like the money bringing tourists, but not the foreigners and residents that live there. There kept out. They don t travel to different countries, but know your country better than you do,😀. Portugal still looks like older east europe communistic countries, that in the meantime did do much better,in a far shorter time. For a short time or holiday, it s ok. If you like a very flawed democracy, and bad ot not organised country, portugal might be your country. I live(d) 10 years in Portugal, a very shaky period.

[@viiieeett]

In your opinion, what are the main differences between Faro and Huelva for example, and why does Huelva seem like "normal" Europe where Faro does not? Love your reply, really interested in knowing more about your comparison though 😊

[@cultugarvealgarve7380]

In Huelva, the people read newspapers outside, !!!!!people holding outside manifestations for all kinds of rights, !!!!some punkers blowing outside next to the police, while talking to them. The spanish there don t speak english so much, like the commercial Algarve portuguese, but show far more passion and action etc. After the Franco dictatorship, in 1975 their democratic funding was done by high educated people, in 76 portugal it was done sloppy by the army. In a poor bad organised country you aren t a citizin member, but a family member. So keep all others out. This Spain all looks far more to Europe, than anxious small minded fatalistic Portugal. Fado is derived from the word fato, fate and fatalism, endless complaining, but nothing to do against it, not to lose the loved victimship. Fate and old remains of religion, you might expect from the former Eastblock sovjet countries ,that in the meantime left Portugal far behind, inspite of the gigantic EU susidies, mostly stolen by the politicians to buy voters. many brighter Portuguese told me, it s in fact already 500 years like this, and the best Portuguese left their country, to northern EU or North America etc etc. From the new university graduates, a third directly moves out to foreign countries. The average Portuguese doesn t mind very much for it s health. The eu journalist are based in Madrid, they aren t interested in Portugal, and A Barcelona you wont find in Portugal at all. Only boring things.

[@lxportugal9343]

We are not open minded at all to people full of it

[@cultugarvealgarve7380]

@@lxportugal9343 indeed very indeed very closed minded, the nice confirmation, thanks.

[@Joaocruz30]

Ohhh!

[@Michaelcj-m2d]

exMichigan in 🇪🇸🇪🇸 Spain 👍

[@AFuriousCrab]

Portugal is garbage. Im seriously considering moving again.

[@Soniacalado]

Bye bye dont come back

[@antoniodasilva1230]

Good move out we didn't need you

[@guilhermelargueza1685]

Please leave , you have made Portugal very expensive and you have not strived to learn a second language …

[@dopeydan5929]

I would love to retire to Portugal, currently learning language. Tudo bem, tchau 🇬🇧.

[@guilhermelargueza1685]

@@dopeydan5929Will you actually ? I know a lot of people like that, but they think everyone must speak their English …

[@dopeydan5929]

Yes learning language is a must, plus spending money in local shops and cafes also. North of Porto hopefully. But I understand people's point of view with regards to people movement its the same in uk. Ty and atb.

[@NakkiranSunassee]

Good riddance 🎉

[@miguelpereira9033]

DON'T In Portugal there are no Human Rights...

[@m_m_m_m_m_m_m_m_m_m_m]

Yes. Horrible. Leave.

[@qwqwlex]

Because they go broke.

[@shoelrana9887]

💜🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸💜

[@jorgevieira4489]

Thank god they are leaving

[@fortunatusnine2012]

🤔

[@marinaguimaraes-y5u]

They miss Trump and Biden

[@lourenco63]

🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@luciferjohnson8495]

Portugal is a poor country

[@rudiruttger]

Can't imagine leaving Duluth for Portugal.

[@carlosgaztelucabral8061]

They don't need you there. Stay in fucking duluth

[@SilVia-hs2kb]

Please stay where you are. I'm sure the Portuguese locals appreciate it. Cheers!

[@jamesv9221]

Duluth is like Siberia. Portugal is paradise.

[@jamesv9221]

My plan is to retire in Portugal. I don't have any expectations since I'm Portuguese American. I love the Portuguese culture and don't expect to pack up and leave.

[@rudiruttger]

@@SilVia-hs2kb Oddly antagonistic, at any rate, I'm quite happy with a city like Duluth, Thank you for being concerned.

[@doncoder-channel]

Helping destroy the property market in Portugal, thanks American, you are not welcome